The common myth is that a compost bin is required to make compost; however, this is not the case really. Although many books on organic gardening advise you to use the compost bin to make compost, it is not always compulsory to do it that way. The most essential thing is that the organic gardening compost pile should gel with the soil so that all the nutrients get absorbed by the soil and the organisms of the soil mix well with the compost in order to produce very good compost.
If the pile is on a platform then all that is needed is that the soil should mix with the pile well frequently and that will be more than sufficient. Making compost is a long process. So by keeping around three to four compost piles at all the various stages of making it will make sure that you have enough of compost for your entire garden.
Organic gardening compost is made up mainly of carbon as well as nitrogen rich content. You can get the best possible outcome when the carbon content as well as the nitrogen content materials is mixed in equal proportion using the thumb rule; however, a very accurate balance is not really required.
The components rich in nitrogen include soya, manure, cotton seed meal, table scraps, as well as cut grass. The materials that are rich in carbon that can be added to the organic gardening compost include pine needles, straw, hay, as well as leaves.
You must keep in mind that the soil on top contains a lot of water and air so the compost must also contain the same things in order that it gets absorbed by the soil well.
Only when you grind all the materials together in the compost pile very well but not to make it too fine will it mix up with the soil very easily. Even if you do not have enough material and tools to grind the mixture, you need not worry as the compost that you make manually also can be used, with the difference that the soil will take a longer time to absorb the compost. Your compost should have lot moisture but not that wet that the water starts dripping out.
When the compost is getting ready all you need to look into is that its moisture content should not dry up. The temperature of the pile can rise to about 170 degree Fahrenheit; however, this is not something you need to give a lot of attention to because this is just a part of the fermenting process.
Certain books on organic gardening suggest you to have the compost pile mixed in frequent intervals to make sure that the mixture is prepared well, however, this might slow down the development of compost. Since the compost development is a natural process, you must just leave the compost pile to develop on its own and decay a well as ferment.